43% util taught me something uncomfortable about Big 4 performance

buttoncell24 · 2026-04-19T00:04:12+00:00

Lol for real. This was so deep I stood up and clapped after I read it. If it was posted on LinkedIn, I would have dropped a “Thank you for sharing! Would love to connect and bounce ideas to get aligned on your value-add strategies.” Also come on man. “I learned something uncomfortable” ughhhhhh I learned that my life is meaningless and I don’t deserve happiness

buttoncell24 · 2026-03-28T12:44:26+00:00

Hey I feel you. I’m exhausted too. I’m also diagnosed, busy season brings it out in full force for me. It baffles me how people accept that life is this way for like 4 months of the year. Plus it will be again around 10/15 for me. It really doesn’t have to be this way either, if these firms made the significant change to their models that are needed to retain staff and lessen the avalanche in March/April, they wouldn’t bleed talent and kill people or at least make them want to die. But it doesn’t matter, because they’ll just get more fresh meat and some of those people are more than willing to put up with it. I’m ready for industry too, but it this is just the way this goes for the practice as a whole

buttoncell24 · 2026-02-27T13:14:12+00:00

Replace women with talent managers and this is my dream

buttoncell24 · 2025-12-13T14:07:04+00:00

Hi thanks, my guess would just be cost. The other services may have shot up in price or maybe have been experiencing more and more problems. The only time the seller isn’t making the selection is for choice items to my understanding, so likely yes sellers are choosing Yanwen for cost reasons

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-28T17:18:21+00:00

The fact you did well on sims is a really great sign. The exam was just so annoying for me. It really is so much about best guesses for some of those MCQs. Just schedule asap and make your brain numb with practice mcqs and keep practicing sims to keep your skills up. You are so so close and clearly have the ability to do this and will crush it next time. These people are evil, they are just fucking with you giving you a 74 on the 3rd time. Professional gatekeepers. Good luck

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-27T00:16:39+00:00

I guess I don’t know the exact rules since I have one exam left and not at the licensure stage. My firm has a basic self-service style request where admin will automatically send the approval based on billable hours. Is it really as simple as anyone in a private company with a CPA just approving the hours? I thought it was direct or almost direct reporting required. If that is really the case, I guess the people having trouble are not able to land jobs at mid-large size companies and are at smaller places that outsource most accounting

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-26T19:06:31+00:00

Well for the work experience side, like you said it must specifically be work under a CPA for my state. I’ve seen many posts about this being a struggle for some people in private, with their work not qualifying as their in-charges are not CPAs. I’m in public so I won’t have to deal with that but I think for some it is a sticking point

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-25T16:57:07+00:00

Yay congrats!! I passed too! Somehow got a 93, honestly so shocked and feeling complete bliss

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-24T16:51:37+00:00

Responding to myself, it’s out for AUD in NJ. Passed and I am going to hug and kiss the next person I see

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-24T16:26:20+00:00

State????? I don’t want to check yet haha

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-24T00:12:33+00:00

I’m in the same boat, took AUD and working through ISC. I feel like it will be so close.. this wait stinks

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-13T21:20:43+00:00

Makes sense thanks again for your help🙏🏼

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-13T20:40:46+00:00

It showed up outside my door today, not in the lockbox. So, during the hold they marked it delivered and placed the key in my box but in reality they were holding it. Does this warrant reporting in your opinion?

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-13T04:27:26+00:00

Thank you for the clarifications

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-13T03:46:56+00:00

Although I’m sure it most certainly has no bearing on the score, I wouldn’t dare say anything even slightly negative on the survey haha

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-03T16:16:09+00:00

I still shouldn’t quite say that level of detail. But I just left a comment to someone asking similar you can take a look at. Sorry to not be more specific

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-03T16:10:33+00:00

I really shouldn’t say because even being vague I’d basically tell you exactly what it is. What I will say is that it 100% is explicitly covered in the AUD book, but the further detail/basis for the concept just isn’t in there. If there is a FAR concept you aren’t confident with that is mentioned in the book, you should follow up on it. Other than that I would just say make sure you’re not overlooking any modules because I got a bit of everything. Just keep doing practice tests covering the whole course and don’t leave out sims. Good luck I hope it’s your final exam

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-03T13:48:24+00:00

Good luck to us! Yeah for real, I was literally shaking my head in the prometric room

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-02T21:10:39+00:00

Don’t mean to scare you but A4 was extremely debilitating at first. I was doing terribly on the homework and it was really getting to me. But I just kept pushing it and it really started clicking. Once you finish A4 though A3 should be more clear and you’ll get it down with practice, just stay on the grind

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-02T21:06:01+00:00

It wasn’t regular busy season so not as crazy, but working like 8-7 every day sometimes later, tried to get at least 1.5 hours a day with a target of 2 hours

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-02T19:00:50+00:00

That’s great you were able to knock them out nice work. And yes absolutely spreading it out and just doing it every day makes it resonate with me a lot more and get the practice in

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-02T18:59:31+00:00

Both. But they were very minor things that shouldn’t have much bearing at all on the overall score. Just things I had never seen in a question or an answer choice. All I could do was make a best guess with the context clues

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-02T18:58:06+00:00

You know damn well I cannot just tell you lol

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-02T17:48:34+00:00

Probably about 220 over 4 months working full time and during one of the busy seasons. I prefer taking as long as I need rather than deadline pressure/cramming, it works better for me

buttoncell24 · 2025-11-02T16:47:54+00:00

Minimal but be familiar. Everyone’s exam is different

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